Prison Cultures: Performance, Resistance, Desire

By Alwyn Walsh and Aylwyn Walsh

Book Overview

Prison Cultures offers the first systematic examination of women in prison and performances in and of the institution. Using a feminist approach to reach beyond tropes of 'bad girls' and simplistic inside vs. outside dynamics, it examines how cultural products can perpetuate or disrupt hegemonic understandings of the world of prisons. 9 b/w illus.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789388635
• ISBN13: 9781789388633
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Intellect (UK)
• Length: 274 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.8" x 9.5"